Job Description

Overview

The Mechanical Assembler role involves supporting the production of prefabricated modular power buildings and equipment enclosures in a fast-paced shop environment. The position requires assembling mechanical and electrical components while ensuring adherence to quality specifications and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble modular buildings, equipment enclosures, frames, panels, doors, and related components.
  • Install electrical components, cable tray, supports, brackets, hardware, and basic wiring inside manufactured enclosures.
  • Read and follow blueprints, mechanical drawings, work instructions, bills of material, and assembly diagrams.
  • Measure, mark, drill, cut, fasten, align, and torque components using hand, electric, pneumatic, and mechanical tools.
  • Verify dimensions, fit, alignment, and workmanship throughout the assembly process.
  • Identify material shortages, damaged parts, drawing conflicts, and quality concerns and report them promptly.
  • Maintain accurate production records and follow established safety, housekeeping, and quality procedures.
  • Work closely with electrical assemblers, welders, quality personnel, and production leadership to meet daily goals.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • At least 1 year of mechanical assembly, manufacturing, construction, equipment installation, or related experience.
  • Ability to read a tape measure and interpret basic blueprints or assembly drawings.
  • Experience using drills, impact drivers, grinders, saws, torque tools, and other common shop tools.
  • Ability to work a second-shift schedule and maintain dependable attendance.
  • Ability to follow detailed instructions while working safely in a fast-paced production environment.

Additional Information

  • Location: Dallas, Texas (in-facility production role)
  • Role Type: Full-time
  • Schedule: Second Shift

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$43/hr across 49 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 124 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 89 different employers. 55 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Catapult Federal Services currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Assembler - 2 shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.